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GA Election Runoff and Limiting Evil

Last night Senator Raphael Warnock won reelection in a runoff against Republican candidate and UGA football legend Herschel Walker. The results give the Democratic Party a 51 to 49 majority in the United States Senate and alters the terrain for the next Congressional session on important issues like federal judge appointments and Senate committee seats. It is a major victory for the Democratic party handed to them by a once reliably conservative state. Georgia voters gave the Democratic party power to pursue their agenda.

By Jay Watts|2022-12-12T23:03:26+00:00December 7th, 2022|Categories: Humanity, Persuasion, PRO LIFE|Tags: Herschel Walker, Politics, Raphael Warnock|

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Forcing Religious Claims Part 2: Rejecting Autonomy Arguments Doesn’t Require Religion

In the last post we discussed just who in the abortion argument is forcing odd views of human value on whom. Pro-life claims enjoy at least two obvious advantages over views supporting abortion which dehumanize the embryo and fetus; they are more simple claims and more inclusive claims. Neither of these advantages is dependent [...]

By Jay Watts|2022-08-16T19:22:03+00:00August 16th, 2022|Categories: Critique, Humanity, PRO LIFE|Tags: Bad Arguments, intrinsic value, Kate Greasley|

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Forcing Religious Claims

A repeated claim since Dobbs v Jackson upended the Roe v Wade regime over abortion law in the United States is that the pro-life movement is attempting to foist their religious convictions on other people. This, as the claim goes, violates the religious freedom of other Americans by creating an environment where the beliefs [...]

By Jay Watts|2022-08-05T15:13:55+00:00August 5th, 2022|Categories: Critique, PRO LIFE, Questions|Tags: Dobbs v Jackson|

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The End of Roe V Wade

Now that Roe v. Wade was overturned in June 2022, what's next for the pro-life movement? This episode of the Postmodern Realities Podcast is a very deep dive into issues now being raised in a post-Roe climate. Roe v Wade was nearly 50 years old, what reasons did the Supreme Court majority give for [...]

By Jay Watts|2022-12-12T20:57:37+00:00July 15th, 2022|Categories: CRI, PRO LIFE|Tags: Roe v. Wade|

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What Attorney Mary Ziegler Gets Wrong About Pro-Life Tactics (Postmodern Realities Podcast)

The New York Times recently published an opinion essay from Mary Zigler, Florida State University law professor and author of “Abortion and the Law in America: Roe v. Wade to the Present" titled, “Anti-Abortion Groups Once Portrayed Women as Victims. That’s Changing.” Ziegler claims that opponents of legal abortion have gravitated away from offering legislation grounded in arguments framing women as additional victims of abortion.